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Here's a taste of summer. What kind of caterpillar is this, and can you give a couple of reasons why it's unusual?
(Thanks to David LaLima, who sent this from sunny Florida. The caterpillars will be appearing later this year up this way.)
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I did not realize how many poisonous caterpillars are out there!
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Thanks!
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Pretty green caterpillar! The posts are so colorful today! As Deedee says, it is the IO moth and is poisonous. Here is a handy guide you can send your friend in Florida:
http://www.poisoncentertampa.org/poison-topics/venomous-critters/caterpillars/ -
These spiny bristles can give you a very mean sting!
Don’t touch!! -
I am guessing IO moth caterpillar. Automeris io
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MARIANNE HERRMANN
I did not realize how many poisonous caterpillars are out there!
Jim Wright
Thanks!
Marianne Herrmann
Pretty green caterpillar! The posts are so colorful today! As Deedee says, it is the IO moth and is poisonous. Here is a handy guide you can send your friend in Florida:
http://www.poisoncentertampa.org/poison-topics/venomous-critters/caterpillars/
Deedee Burnside
These spiny bristles can give you a very mean sting!
Don’t touch!!
Deedee Burnside
I am guessing IO moth caterpillar. Automeris io